City of Greater Bendigo, Lake Weeroona,

Lake Weeroona Ward

Thomas Prince

Occupation: Student/Bar worker

Resides: Spring Gully

How long have you lived in your council?:

I’ve lived in Bendigo my whole life (34 years).

Community involvement: Active serving member for the Bendigo Dragons Gridiron club over the last 12 years, grew up playing and volunteering at Spring Gully United Soccer Club, puppy carer for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, Bendigo President and Chair of the La Trobe Student Association, school clinics in Bendigo schools over the last 11 years, volunteered with Bendigo Health, community advocate over the last 10 years…

Associated with a political party or movement?: No! Political parties have no place in local government.

Preferencing: I don’t support preferencing…

Campaign budget? Receiving financial support? I don’t have a budget. Nor do I recieve any financial assistance. The small amount that I do use is whatever is remainder from my weekly budget

Three most important issues in your ward?

Managing our growth over the next 15 years.

How we manage our waste. From household, hard rubbish and our waste sites. We need to recycle better and manage our waste costs.

Stimulating jobs through industrial spaces better and providing infrastructure to support them.